Hair curler



Patented Dec. 8, 1925.

PATENT OFFICE.

DAISY D. NIELSEN, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

HAIR CURLER.

Application filed May 8, 1925.

To all whom it may conoem:

Be it known that I DAISY D. NIELSEN, a citizen of the Unitcd'States,residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State ofCalifornia, have invented new and useful ln'iprovcmcnts in Hair Curlers,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hair curlers. The object of the invention isto provide a hair curling appliance which is adapted to form curls onshort or bobbed hair and is an improvement on my prior United States'Patent No. 1,408,131, grant/ed February Another object ot'thisinvention is to provide a hair curling appliance having a channel shapedmember adapted to overlie a cylindrical member, the cylindrical andchannel shaped members having recesses formed on one end and adapted toco-act with a clamphaving a lip engaging the recesses formed in thecylindrical and channel shaped members in order to prevent lateralshifting of the channel shaped member on the cylindrical member.

Another object of the invention is to pro-v vide a hair curlingappliance which willbe constructed in such a manner that it will besecurely retained in place while forming a curl.

A practical embodiment of the invention is herein disclosed by thefollowing description of the accompanying drawings, the novel featureshereof being pointed out in the appended claims in which;

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my hair curling appliance as itappears in the first step of the operation of forming a curl.

Fig. 2 is a view analagous to Fig. 1, showing the second step in theoperation of forming a curl.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the final step in the operation offorming a curl.

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of thehair curling device.

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the haircurling appliance. v I

Fig. 6 is a transverse section taken on line 6-6 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 7 is an enlarged section taken on line Fig. 8 is an enlargedperspective view of one end of the appliance showing certain details ofconstruction.

. Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings, 10 designates acylindrical Serial No. 28,904.

member which is formed of sheet metal and is provided with a pair ofupstanding cars 11 and a finger grip 12 at one end, the 0pposite endhaving diametrically opposite re cesses 13 and 14 formed therein for apurpose later referred to.

Openings 15 are, formed in the cars 11 and are in offset relation to theaxis of the cylindrical portion 10 of the member 10.

A channel shaped member 16 is adapted to overlie the cylindrical member10 and has a pair of ears 17 adapted to fit over the ears 11 of themember 10. A finger grip 18 is formed on one end and a recess 19 ofsubstantially the same shape as the recess 13 in the member 10 is formedon the opposite end.

The ears 17 have openings 20 which are eccentric to the center of thechannel portion 16' a A clamp generally designated at 21 has bifurcatedends 22 which are adapted to fit over the cars 17, and extends from acentral portion 23 which terminates in a lip 24, the

bifurcated ends 22 having openings 25 formed therein. The tubular member10,

7 channel shaped member 16, and clamp are pivotally connected togetherby a pin 26 extending through'the respective openings formed in each ofsaid members'as is clearly shown in Fig. 7. One end of the pin 26 isswedged in (:(rder to prevent removal as indicated at 2 The recesses 13and 14 in the tubular member 10 and the recess 19 in the channel shapedmember 16, are provided for the purpose of receiving the lip 24 of theclamp 21,

which is of spring metal and will snap into place and prevent thechannel shaped member from shifting laterally on the cylindrical member.

- As the openings 15 in the tubular member 10 and the openings 20 in thechannel shaped member 16 are eccentric as previously referred to, aclearance 28 is formed between the outer wall of the portion 10' and theinner wall of the portion 16, which allows space for the insertion ofthe hair designated H, and permits the members to evenly. engage it. Themembers 10 and 16 are normally pressed together by a spring generallydeslgnated at 29, which is in the form of a hinge spring having a coilportion 30, through which extends the pin 26 and has projecting ends 31which engage the inner walls of the finger grips 12 and 18.

no" i When it is desired to use the hair curling appliance and the clamp21 is swung into the position as shown in Figs. 1. and 2, the members 10and 16 are opened by exerting a pressure on the finger grips 12 and 18.The ends of a lock of hair are then inserted between the ends of themembers 10 and 16 and the members are allowed to close by the action ofthe spring 29. The hair curling appliance is then rotated which willwrap the hair around the exterior surfaces of the n'iemhers l0 and 16 asshown in Fig. 2. The clamping member 21 is then pressed into theposition shown in Fig. 8 and the appliance is then left in this positionas long as it is required to form the curl. After the curl is formed theappliance may be easily removed by releasing the clamp and sliding thecurl off of the members 10 and 16.

It will be particularly noted that the lip 24 formed on the end of theclamp coacting with the recesses formed in the ends of the cylindricaland channel shaped members will prevent lateral shifting of the channelseaoea shaped member on the cylindrical member and that the clamp willbe securely retained in clamping position by the inwardly bent portion24 of the lip 24.

Various changes may be made without dc- I parting from the spirit of theinvention as claimed.

What is claimed is:

A hair curling appliance comprising a cylindrical member, a channelshaped meinber a clamping member having a lip formed on one end, aspring and a pin, said channel shaped member, cylindrical member andclamp being pivotally connected by said pin, said cylindrical member andchannel DAISY D. NIELSEN.

